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fruit because the cost of growing 'the fruit was deductible as a business expense and ' the difference between ' that cost and ' the prospective sales price is only anticipated income.
With respect to timber, no casualty loss is allowed where the timber’s ability to grow in the future is diminished due to bent or broken limbs or leaning trees caused by an ice or snow storm. Only where the storm actually reduces the present value of the existing timber. is a casualty loss allowed.
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Park Visits
Dropping
Visits to Shenandoah National Park for September continue to show the decline exhibited throughout all of 1979, according to statistics released by Park, superintendent Robert Jacobson.
In 1979 during September 172,700 persons toured the park compared to 225,300 for the same month in 1978. The drop amounts to a decrease of 23.3 per cent.
For Calendar Year 1979, visits total 1,175,000. During the same period in 1978, the park had 1,533,200 visitors.. Again, the decrease is 23 per cent.
Overnight stays also show a decline from 69,570 in September, 1978, to 52,125 in September, 1979.
Big Meadows weather station readings for the month give a high of 75 degrees and a low of 40 degrees with precipitation totaling 17.9 inches.
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